News & information

October 2012

The Postal Record, Vol. 125, No. 10

Cover story

• As arbitration begins, NALC makes its case

News and features

• Parties stake out their campaign positions on Postal Service, on unions, on health care
• With health care an election issue, we take a look at what’s inside the Affordable Care Act
• Issa goes to Obama for postal reform help
• Know the score: Understanding Congress’ postal reform reluctance
• Social networks help NALC reach beyond membership.
• NALC's Fill the Satchel for MDA event.
• The 2012 Graceful Envelope Contest
• Monthly columns by national officers and staff members

• President's Message

  Future of Postal Service rides on this election

• NARFE supports six-day delivery

  Also: Troops thank NALC members for convention care packages

• As arbitration begins, NALC makes its case

  Inside a packed Hutchings Hall at NALC Headquarters in Washington, the National Association of Letter Carriers opened interest arbitration proceedings for a new National Agreement with the United States Postal Service on Sept. 6.

• Parties stake out their campaign positions

  As if to erase any doubt about its hostility to unions and the Postal Service, the Republican Party put on a convention in the last week of August that featured speakers bashing labor and adopted a platform that calls for privatizing the Postal Service.

• What's inside the Affordable Care Act?

  After the Supreme Court in June rejected a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—the landmark health care legislation signed by President Barack Obama in 2010—the law is on schedule to take full effect, with most provisions in place by 2014.

• Issa goes to Obama for postal reform help

  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) sparked concern when he asked President Obama to send to Congress an interim postal reform package for inclusion in the continuing resolution.

• Know the score

  Understanding Congress’ postal reform reluctance.

• Proud to Serve

  Honoring heroic letter carriers.

• Customer Connect

  Celebrating NALC members’ $1 million-plus leads for USPS

• Social networks help NALC reach beyond membership

  Over the past couple of years, the NALC has slowly and steadily been expanding its presence on the popular Facebook and Twitter online community websites.

• Fill the Satchel

  The second annual “Fill the Satchel for MDA” event helped add to NALC’s already-impressive fundraising for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Also: Boston moves forward with bioterror preparations.

• Graceful Envelope Contest

  The 2012 theme, “D-liver D-letter D-sooner D-better,” saluted the nation’s letter carriers.

• Executive Vice President

  What is needed for our future

• Vice President

  Improving Customer Connect

• Secretary-Treasurer

  NALC convention diversity - the real America

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

  Tale of a ticket

• Director of City Delivery

  Help us help you

• Contract Talk

  How TEs take the exam

• Director of Safety and Health

  Keeping an eye on each other, continued

• Director of Retired Members

  Some delays in retirement processing continue

• Monthly CSRS annuity payments

  for letter carriers who retire on Jan. 1, 2013

• FERS retirement benefits

  for letter carriers who retire on Jan. 1, 2013

• Director of Life Insurance

  Dividends

• Director, Health Benefits

  Open season

• MDA Coordinator

  Letter carriers are amazing

• Compensation Department

  Decisions, decisions, decisions, Part 4: Oral hearings, continued

• Director of Education

  What a summer!

• Letter from the Editor